The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-11-25
FASHION POINTS.

Hats OF Whits felt are In favor.
Russian blue Is the fashionable shade OF
that color in Paris.
yisites, Jackets, and short wraps are tFihe
longer this winter.
The ostrich tip r. beginning TO assert itself
in fashionable millinery.
Plaipness to severity is the rule In tho new
est and most approved models for skires.
Red, gray, brown and green p, E2ftened
shades are tho popular colorH for felt hats.
Sleeves Of a fabric different from that Of
the coTB0Re are seen on cloth and SILK gowns.
Plush fabrics IN stripes and large figures
arc revived for the skirts OF cloths and SIX
dresses.
Guipurs lace Is now worn over EstinB and
moires in evening dress 10 the eEelusion OF
Chantilly.
Shot cloths ere new wooden gtufs woven
In two colors, % 40 10 give the ''ebangeable"
effect now 20 fashionable.
Embroidered crepe lisse in stripes and dots
4 used in combination with satin, molteand
BengaIine for evening dressSs.
The reign Of glitter in dress win soon be
over: beads and beaded trimmingB are
/ rapidly being driven TO the background.
Pushes OF two kinds, one with long, feeey
pile, the Other ghort and yelLyoty, are used
In rich costumes three fabrics arc now
often employed, a favOTlte combination be-
ing brocEded with repDed silk and velvet.
The Alpine, the English tnrban, the Bou-
lAnEGr. the LlgnGMENs VIE Lazy ANitg Allu EAG
Admiral are the fayOTlte hats OF the season.
One Of the very latest designs in bracelets
| is a series Of golden knots, each kgot being
set either with 0 ruby, sapphire or diamond.
The latest idea in ladies' collar buttons is
\ = shamrock, composed OF dl9m0nq, ruby
/ and 3 sapphire, set into disk Of Roman
| gold.
Long gloves for full dress have the kid only
! long enough TO cover the wrist, the rest Of
| the glove being made OF lace net Of exactly
| the game shade.
Tea Jackets or matinee sacqueB are charm
! ing garments, made OF soft sprah or India
silks, trimmed with much gold embroidery
4 and with lace. g.
The manufactured trimmings which have
| been ignored for years are now IN tull favor
! again. PagsenenteTies were never before 30
| varied and SO effective.
White aad coloTed slippers are NJ, longer
! liked with full dress toilets Tbs full dress
ChausstiFe is of black kid s1Lede or glaze, elAb-
4 orately embroidered In beAdWork.
| Everything Russian is now the fashion,
| MuRcoYite dresses, byzantine Eall0onst gold
| stuhs, Russian colors-sueh is the arsenal
| from which the prevailing styles are drawn.
All but tailor-mAde toilets are embellished
/ with O vest tiChu OF crepe null or silk tissue,
| fastened to high military collar AND trimmed
| down either side with band OF velvet rid
bon.
The kilt suit Of black velvet is the 5ayoriie
/ for very small boys. The collar and cuffs are
Of lace, the soft kn0tted silk neckpe palc
! rose, blue, canary Yellow or bright red,
| dotted with white.
kid and Suede gloves appear again thu
! season.. They are popular because Qley III
miuish the apparent size Of the hand anc
make it look narrower.
II is astonishing to notice how completely
the fashion Of wearing earrings is dying out
Esthetes have made an earnest grnsadt
against the baTDarOuB custom Of lnublat1n&
TIE ears, and seem to have carried theh
point.
The Admiral, bat not unlike the BQulsn
ger in IDS general outlines, but trimmed Wltl
8 military papaghe or pyramid Of down
floating uacurled cocks plUmeS, placed q
the very top Of the crown lie the ElYal OF TN
Boulauger.
Large spots or maccaroons in silver, gold
| tinted metals, jet and other beads arg Regl
on the tulle nets, RGuzes, crepeB and all hgh
stufis used for gnthered or ple4ted panel
aud corsage draVeEies Of bridal, ball ant
! | evening gowns.
Tea gowns Of the ribbon striped silk, nQH
so much in vogue for indoor wear, must p
trimmed in the light style appropriate z
Vatican fabrics. Loose fronts and close fit
I ting backs are still the rule, but apy CO
3 price may be followed IN designing the sleeves
With tho round bodIeeg ,bF9teiilesS| nay n,
come in, and we may DeThaps look tor tn
: Bertha" next. ii any one does not bnoi
l what the Bertha is, we may explain that
il the deep tcli Of lRco gurToppding the 10y
. eorsaEe 10 he seen IN the fashion plates 0
thirty years aEo.
Ostrich feather boas are among the taste
; ful novelties Of the season; they are made .
! the feathers in their natural shades or q
= black, or else black aud white together, u
" wear with hem are entire bouuets Of th
= feathers, made 10 lie fat like fringe, or
: small loops in rows.
= The newest ribbons sre the most brilliar
' and effective decorations for bonnets Az
2 hatg, as well AZ for accessories Of the t2Ile
: tLai have been in vogue for years, the
q arc, In fact 3 revival Of fancy. Of Tort
i, years ago. or more but qFOdueCd ia create
= variety aid effectiveness than eveI.
White and BLACK striped eilkH UNDER r
Is are EOrn with bOdlcts aud full oyerdEgAHl
4 81 black light wool, fOulFrd, sgrHb, and hel
C gaHpG, Of D2lop0iseg Of those fabrics. dtI
n tha looping and gleshlng age 20 managed
\. III SHOW fie stlined underskirt in panels 81
, around the bottom in front end @t Tho Bids
10 Gray, which il 70 fashionable is not a b
W couing color, but then it can he comblnt
q with reds. browns, tans' pale blueB hS34l
q tl0pe8 and ~ tle begomlAg shades o. Yeito
n and rose, while gold, silver ana 5et,. a.
d Ffnany tones OF cOl0red beads and tins
n thread brighton it up 10 prattily and becol
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